General Riddles

I started learning to drive today. Just a few minutes back, I went down a one-way street in the wrong direction but I did not break the traffic rules. How?
Simple, I was not driving then, I was walking.

Why did the boy go to his bedroom with a pencil?
He wanted to draw the curtains.

What is the closest relationship my son can have has with my brother's niece's father's brother's mother?
She can be my son's grandmother.

Tim came second in Math. When his mother asked him how much he had scored, he answered that he got the sum of the first 9 even numbers. His mother immediately worked out the answer. How much had he scored in Math?
90 Explanation: Sum = (n x n) + n Hence, 9 x 9 = 81 + 9 = 90

I am fair and shiny. People use me to find how hot they are. Some call me God. Who am I?

A calendar year has how many seconds?
12 (2nd January, 2nd February, 2nd March.....)

You can find me in the middle of each month in all the countries. You can always find me only in the night but never in the day.
The alphabet "N".

What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window

The eight of us go forth not back to protect our king from a foes attack.
Chess pawns.

When you buy me I am black in color. When you use me I am red and when you discard me I am grey in color. Who am I?
Charcoal

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